1. What country was César Chávez a citizen of?Cesar Chavez was an American citizen. Where was he born?He was born in Yuma Arizona.


2. Why did Cesar Chavez and his family become migrant workers?His family became migrant workers after they lost their farm in the grate deprestion.

3. How many schools did César Chávez attend before he dropped out of school in the 8th grade? Cesar went to more then 30 elementary and middle schools before he dropped out of school. What did he do after he dropped out?He went to work full time at the farm to help his family.

4. What was the CSO, and what kind of work did Chávez do for them? CSO helped its members with immigration and tax problems.Cesar was in San Jose to recruit members for the CSO. Why did he quit the CSO in 1962?The organization turned down his request to organize farm workers so he resigend.

5. Using your own knowledge of history and the civil rights movement, what do you think César Chávez, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all had in common? They all wanted to make a big difference and they all did.What sort of tactics or demonstrations did they believe worked best in fighting injustice? (hint: look in the 11th paragraph)they all didn't quit, they found out a way for there dream to com true and got ulot of people involved.

6. Who were "braceros" and why did landowners favor hiring "braceros" over other workers?they were people that needed mony very badly so they would work for almost eny umount of mony.

7. Other than Latinos, what other ethnic group helped achieve equality for minority farm workers?The other group that helped in achieve this was UFWA.

8. What crop did the UFWA help organize a boycott in the 1960s? Was the boycott successful?
UFWA decided to call a boycott of the Schenley Liquor Company who owned the vast majority of the vineyards in the San Joaquin Valley. This boycott was the most successful in American history.

9. What famous leaders does the grandpa mention in his story?He mentions Cesar Chavez and Kennedy which are bouth great leaders. Why was César Chávez so important to him?He was important to him because he met him and he tould him he didnt need to be brakeing his back bending over all day and he tould him SI SE PUEDE.

10. How did the grandpa and his grand child celebrate César Chávez's birthday?They celebrated it at schools.